Multi-Platinum Marian Hill member Samantha Gongol dropped new song “When You’re Hot You’re Hot” ahead of her debut solo EP ‘Flash in the Pan!’ out now, with the track accompanied by an official video incorporating scenes from her six part semi autobiographical web series of the same name. The 8 track EP featuring previously released singles “Flash in the Pan!” and “Planes Are Low” marks a fresh musical direction for Gongol as she explores self reflection, uncertainty and the passage of time, themes that run through both the music and her web series created with real life brother Tommy Gongol.
The series follows a fictionalized version of Sam navigating what happens when a once rising pop star ends up back in her childhood bedroom at 35, with the finale opening on Sam dusting off an old guitar for a seemingly private acoustic performance of “Flash in the Pan!” on her parents’ back deck before her brother’s antics lead to leaked security camera footage going viral and setting up an unexpected career revival. F
ans of Marian Hill will recognize her signature emotive vocal delivery, but ‘Flash in the Pan!’ brings unexpected playful energy that signals Samantha’s desire to break new ground solo while delving into the complexities of getting older, confronting the fear that her industry moment might have passed, and wrestling with whether to keep going or walk away.